December 2020 | Vol. 1 Iss. 01
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ICE RIBBON OFFICIALLY OPENS AT BOUNTIFUL TOWN SQUARE By Tom Haraldsen | tom.h@davisjournal.com
BOUNTIFUL—A dream becomes a vision, then a plan, and then a creation. On Saturday, that creation became reality when the new Bountiful Ice Ribbon opened at Bountiful Town Square. Mayor Randy Lewis was joined by city council members and other local dignitaries to cut the ribbon and usher in the ice ribbon, a 7,000 square foot ice skating venue that curls around the south end of the square. Lewis said the ceremony marked “the true beginning of Bountiful Town Square.” The square culminates a two-plus year process of construction on the site of the old Stoker School. Once that building was razed three years ago, officials began in earnest to design and create the new square that the city calls “a gathering place for families, and a generator for downtown businesses.” The ice ribbon was a collaborative effort between Bountiful City and the South Davis Recreation District. “For any project like this to be completed, it takes vision and work, and then the meshing of design and construction,” Lewis said. “This could not have happened without the combined efforts of the city and the recreation district. It is an extension of the great ice-skating arena they operate at the South Davis Recreation Center.” As residents arrived for the opening ceremony, they saw something never spotted before in downtown Bountiful – a Zamboni machine used to resurface the ice before skat-
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Families enjoy a little skating on the new Ice Ribbon at Bountiful Town Square, which opened last Saturday. Photo by Roger V. Tuttle
ing began. The ice ribbon is managed by the SDRD, with staff operating a skate rental facility on site and overseeing ice maintenance.
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The COVID-19 pandemic has curtailed some of the plans city officials had for opening the Town Square, which features among
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other things an interactive water system and Continued page 6
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